Acquisition, permanent management and disposal of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds; may establish branches and subsidiaries, participate in other companies, found, acquire and merge with them, acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate and intellectual property rights, provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, in particular grant loans to third parties or shareholders or secure such loans, as well as enter into guarantees and sureties for shareholders, subsidiaries and third parties.